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being flattered himfelf when dead,. 



by caufing this fmall memorial to be 



fct up in his Life -time. 



GOD BE MERCIFUL TO ME A SlNNER. 



In this church is alfo an ancient mu- 

 ral monument, of Robert Warton, of 

 Parfew, who was Abbot of Bermondfey, 

 and afterwards, in 1536, made Bifliop of 

 St. Afaph. He was interred at Here- 

 ford, but having been a great benefac- 

 tor to the church of Mold, this monu- 

 ment was creeled by one John ap Rhys, 

 as a grateful memorial of his benefi- 

 cence. 



From the church-yard, I was fhewu 

 a lofty mount called the Bailey hill,* on 

 which the caftleof Mold formerly flood. 

 Of this building, there are not now, I 

 believe, the fmallefl remains ; the hill 



* " At the north end of Byly flreate,appere ditches ar,d 

 " hiiles yn token of an ajncient caftel or building there. 

 ' It is now c^uiiid .TJ,/// JBn-uffyfv." 



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was 



